Chapter 30: Persuasion
"Take me to see Semius and go to where he was imprisoned!" Justinian ordered the boys who sent away the group of Vadalites and looked at Alexander Orki, who had now become the real guard of Vrachaburg beside him.
The most urgent task now is to release Semius, the leader of the Vadarita tribe, so that he can truly abandon his past grudges and reach a reconciliation with the other party. It is absolutely not enough to rely on those children alone, but the most troublesome thing is how to convince Semius, who has completely distrustred in Bulgaria. According to the information he knew before, the former guard Ivanko Gils did not say that the Vadarita was levied heavily on the Vadarita people, but even attacked the Vadarita camp and captured Semius, who was the leader of the tribe, and tortured him to surrender.
The grudge that has been formed is probably not so easy to resolve in just a few words. It is precisely because Justinian decided not to release him directly from prison because if he is not careful in handling it, everything before would be very likely to be turned into a marsh to drive away the fish.
You should know that as the secret rumors say, the true identity of the Vadaritae is a Magyar who is attached to the Byzantine Empire. Now Vrachaburg is facing the invasion of the Magyars, and they are in the same power as the Bulgarians, thankfully they can stand by and watch. How can they expect them to cooperate with the Bulgarian army to resist the invasion? So what he said, he must meet the leader of the Vadaritae tribe in person.
On the other side, the Alexander garrison, who had never expected Justinian to go to in person, said hesitantly: "It is better not to go to the other party in prison. I will send someone to bring Chief Semius to you."
But Justinian ignored this completely and said coldly: "Take me over."
The young man's voice was filled with a fearful pressure. As soon as Justinian said, Alexander Orky subconsciously trembled in his heart, and he nodded quickly, "It's Justinian." At this moment, he finally felt where the fear in his heart came from. Although his boss Ivanko was mediocre, this was not the real reason for him to betray him. But when he first saw Justinian, he developed a fear of the real superior from the bottom of his heart. Although he didn't know why such a young man would be so calm, there was one thing Alexander knew, that was to never disobey him, and not naively think that he could plot against him, otherwise the ending would not be better than that of Ivanko and the Greek nobles of Macedonia Molia.
"I'll take you there in person."
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Walking in the dark and wet dungeon, Justinian felt the rotten odor floating in the air and the extremely cold and harsh temperature. His face became increasingly darker, and this was where Semius, the leader of the Vadarita, had been imprisoned.
Obviously, even the most crazy criminals in this harsh environment are just like this, and the Bulgarians before actually treat the leaders of a tribe like this, which is no wonder that the Vadaritaes will resist so fiercely.
These Bulgarians were really not enough to do anything! Justinian, who was quite angry at this stupid behavior, seemed to be rushing cold flames in his eyes, and he now understood why Count Connortin was willing to tell himself the news of the Vadalites, because no one except him, as a Roman, could solve this hot potato.
"It's right in front, Lord Justinian." The trembling garrison leader Alexander looked at Justinian carefully and pointed over. He also knew that such a prison was indeed too much, and looked at Justinian nervously, thinking that the young Greek man in front of him was probably already angry.
But Justinian did not get angry, but ordered lightly:
"You just wait outside, I'll go in alone."
"Yes." He dared not say anything. Since Justinian had made the decision, Alexander Orky naturally did not dare to have any objection, so he watched Justinian walk into the depths of the dungeon alone.
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The sound of ticking water flowing, and when you step on the slippery bluestone road, you just feel like you will fall if you accidentally. It turns out that the above is already covered with moss. Such dungeons are rarely used, but once someone is locked up, it is generally a bit of a bad fortune.
Justinian walked slowly down with a torch, and a hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the darkness
"It seems that my time has come to an end. It seems that Ivanko's greedy guy should finally be out of patience!" The man's voice was a little relaxed, as if he had already become accustomed to all suffering. At this moment, death is actually a relief for him.
He raised the torch to illuminate the darkness in front of him, and Justinian finally saw clearly the appearance of the person who was talking in the iron bars of the prison. He was neither the other, nor the leader of the Vadalites Semius Fendini, who was imprisoned here by the Bulgarians.
I saw that this man had obviously suffered from prison. Just whipping made him scarred and completely useless. For an old man who was nearly 60 years old, it was hard to imagine how he survived this period.
It seems that I have greatly overestimated the lower limits of these Bulgarians and tried to calm down my anger. Justinian said slowly in a calm tone: "For the first meeting, Lord Semius, everything that happened before has ended, and I am here to pick you up."
"Come out? Who are you?" Semius, wearing shackles and chains, recognized the young man standing outside the prison, dressed not at all like a Bulgarian, but instead dressed as an Isurian Greek in his motherland.
"Are you..." The puzzled and different old chief Vadarita had a hint of unbelievable surprise in his eyes, and his eyes, which were originally dim because of the prison, also had a hint of light at this moment.
Chapter completed!